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Black Americans in mourning : reactions to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln / Leonne M. Hudson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hudson, Leonne M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Death and burial--Public opinion.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination--Public opinion.
- African Americans--Attitudes.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964.
- Presidents--Relations with African Americans.
- Presidents.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 186 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Reactions to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- Path to Open
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "Black Americans in Mourning chronicles the grief felt by African Americans after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The book features prominent men and women, such as Frederick Douglass, Martin R. Delany, and Elizabeth Keckley, as well as the hard-to-find voices of lesser-known Black people. The collective mourning of Black Americans set the stage for Lincoln's glorification"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Pandemonium on the Potomac River
- Slow ride to Springfield
- The emancipator and the emancipated
- Their earthly Moses
- Father, friend, and benefactor
- Lincoln as a symbol
- Campaigning for full citizenship rights
- Johnson and Black Americans' winter of discontent.
- Notes:
- Title from online title page (viewed on November 1, 2024).
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Hudson, Leonne M. Black Americans in mourning
- ISBN:
- 9780809339556
- 0809339552
- OCLC:
- 1433657403
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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